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From PhC.184 Massengill Postcard Collection, initial donation, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC.

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  • Front: ERECTED BY / THE ROBERT E. LEE CHAPTER / OF THE / DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY / NO. 324 / SEPT. 14, 1905. / OUR CONFEDERATE DEAD
  • Rear: SLEEP SWEETLY IN YOUR HUMBLE GRAVES / SLEEP MARTYRS OF A FALLEN CAUSE. / FOR LO A MARBLE COLUMN GRAVES. / THE PILGRIM HERE TO PAUSE. / 1861-65.
Date circa 1920
date QS:P,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Confederate Monument, Lexington 001
Author H. Lee Waters

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